The Raggedy Man

There once was a girl, young as could be

Who discovered a man in a blue box one Saturday eve

She offered him food, but to her dismay

"Beans were evil" he'd say to her

And she stared at him with gleaming eyes

Within that one night he became her dream

To sail off with him, to see the stars he'd say

"Five minutes," he said "I'll be back in no time"

And the girl rushed to pack her things

"Surely he'll be back" and she'd smile with glee

The raggedy man, as she called him, would come to her bed

Rescue her and show her every star, planet and galaxy

The days came and went

12 years, yet not a day went by

That she didn't think of the raggedy man in the sky

In the blue box that whirled, eating custard with fish

Her hero, he was and soon the day came

That blue box whirled and stayed in its place

Out came the man saying "Hello"

And out came the girl, now 18 years old

She smiled with glee at the man she saw

Still raggedy and goofy as ever before

Still she went on to explore

Traveling fast through space and time

Maybe even stopping for dinner at times

They grew closer and closer every time

Until the day when their fears came to be

And everything seemed to fall to debris

The raggedy man who'd shown her the stars

Could not save her this time

"Raggedy man," she said "Goodbye"

And that was it for the mad man in the sky

His companion forever lost in a fixed time

Now he sits in his box alone with the stars

Reading the page of a book she wrote

And the raggedy man smiled sadly

"Come along Pond" he whispered lowly

And put the paper in his pocket

The end of this chapter it is

But the story has yet to begin

Especially for a raggedy man who sees everything

For what was,

What is,

And what could be


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